First-aid container



Dec. 23, E924. 1,520,444

c. A. ROMADKA F'IHST AID CONTAINER Filed Jan. 25, 1924 Patented en. 23,i924.

waarin FIRST-AID CONTAINER.

Applicatonled January 23,1924. `Serial No. 588,000.

`San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and usefulIImprovements in First-Aid Containers, of which the following` is aspecification.

My invention relates, in general, to containers and hasreference=moreparticularly to a so-called rst aid container or kitespecially adapted for, but not necessarily limited to use inautomobiles and other vehicles.

The primary object of myinvention `is to provide a container of theclass described which can be conveniently carried in automobiles lforcontaining first aid-equipment ready for instant use in case ofaccident.

Since accepted remedies for injuries usually call for certain liquidmedicines in conjunction with other Varticles one of'the importantfeatures of the inventionresides in constructing the container so as toaccommodate a series of glass bottlesfand'further to provide meansforprotecting these bottles against breakage and loss of contents byloose corks.

A still further object is to conveniently arrange the compartments and jpartitions within the container, as well as constructing the containerAper se, so that when opened up thefentire contents will vbe exposed forselective use and thus enabling the user to make a quick selection oftherequired articles and medicines.

Still another object is to arrange 'the inside ofthe container in such amanner`r as to leave all possible spaceavailable for storage, so that awide variety 0f equipment may be carried without making the size of thecontainer bulky and otherwise inconvenient to pack in the smallerstorage spaces in an automobile.

With these and other objects in view the container will now be furtherdescribed with reference to the accompanying drawing. In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the container opened and Figure 2 is adetail view in cross section of the opened container showing the hingedstructure for the divided parts thereof.

Referring now to the drawing in detail I prefer to make the container intwo equally divided parts 5 and 6 with a relatively-narrow web portion'7 .connecting the parts. The yparts in this respect are joined toopposite sides of the web portion by hinges y8 and 9. Thishingedconnection -is `made 'about midway of the depth of the parts and thehinged side walls ofthe parts are cut away above the hinges sincethe'web portion 7 will close this space when the containeris closed.

A suitable catch 10 is yused for holding the parts closed. Thisarrangement of the container will leave a relativelyllarge storagecompartment in each of the parts and 6 and, of course, if desirable oneor both ofthese compartments may be divided `in to siila-compartments bysuitablegpartitions.

It is my intention 'to -use the compartments in the parts 5 and Gfforsurgical dressings and other' required articles Athatare not i" keasilybroken and to provide a protected bottle carrying space upon the webypor- 'tion 7.

lwhen Vthe parts are open the'bottles carried on theweb portionwill'bepresented upright and so exposed as to leave themy readilyselected.

As a convenient wav of anchoring and separating bottlesone lfrom' theother I have devised a skeleton frame consisting of a series of' wireup'riglits 11. Each wire is made separately and-from a looped length.The fixedlowerfparts ofthe wiresare spread and terminate in" inwardlyconfronting ends 12 which are adapted to engage channels in the webportion so as to support the wires with a free swinging move-ment. Thebottles 13 are to be confined between each pair of these wires and thecenter of the base area between the wires are equipped with bufiingbuttons or the like 13. The bottom of the. bottles are preferablyconcave so that the buttons 13 aid in centering the bottles. To addrigidity to the web portion 7 corrugation or the like 14 are provided inthe same. These also act to keep the bottle bottoms slightly raisedabove the Fiat surface of the web portion.

The tops of the wires are made with eyes so that a string of elastic orcord may be secured to one of the end eyes and stretched over the bottlecorks and threaded through y se each of the eyes to secure the bottlesin place and hold the corks in.

As a protective measure for the bott-les and also as a retainer for theequipment in thel compartments of the parts 5 and 6, I propose to hingefiaps 16 and 17 to each of the parts 5 and 6 and these fiaps for economysake are hinged on the hinges 8 and 9. The flaps are made to cover theinside diameter of the parts 5 and 6 and with a turned extension 18 tocorrespond to the depth of the -side of the container between the topedge and the position of the hinges 8 and 9. This extension on each flapterminates with an outwardly presented piece 19 which lies Hush with thetop edges of the part-s 5 and 6 so that the two of them abut in parallelrelation. suitable clasp 20 is used to hold the flap together' when thecontainer is closed.

These flaps perform the dual purpose of closing the top of each part ofthe container so as to enclose the articles packed therein and they alsocarry buffer blocks 2l and 22. When the flaps are closed these bufferblocks lay alongside the bo-ttles and not only hold them firmly in placebut they also act to protect the saine from breakage.

From the above it will be seen that I have produced a neatly arrangedand thoroughly practical container and one that can carry a largeassortment of equipment without taking up much space. The relativelycheap construction of the container is also an added feature since thecost of manufacturing the same will be within an amount to enable ampleto be expended on the equipment without charging the trade anexhorbitant price.

I claim;-

l. In a container ofv the class described, means for receiving andsecuring a plurality of bottles, comprising a frame structure includinguprights, and means for securing a bottle between each pair of uprights, comprising a cord engaging the vtop of each upright andoverlying the cork in each bottle.

2. In acontainer of the class described, means for receiving andsecuring a plurality of bottles comprising a frame structure includinguprights, means for securing a bottle between each pair .of uprights,comprising a cord engaging the top of each upright and overlying thecork in each bottle, and hinged flaps on each side of the framestructure adapted to swing up on opposite sides of the bottles andprotectively enclose the same.

8. In a container of the class described, means for receiving andsecuring a plurality of bottles, comprising a frame structure includinguprights, meansfor securing a bottle between each pair of uprights,comprising a cord engaging the top of each upright and overlying thecork in each bottle, hinged iaps on .each side of the frame structureadapted to swing up on opposite sides of the bottles to p'rotectivelyenclose the sa-me, and buffer blocks on the ing across the cork in eachbottle, and flaps on each side of the base, said flaps having extensionsmeeting in confronting relation over the bottle tops. y

5. A bottle support for containers coniprisin-g a base, uprights on vthebase between which the bottles are received, a cord engaging the top ofeach upright and extending across the corkin each bottle, flaps on eachside of the base, said flaps having vextensions meeting in confrontingrelation over the bottle tops, each flap having a buffer block tocontact with opposite sides of the bottles, and means for securing theconfronting extensions of said .flaps together.

In testimony whereof I affix my. signa+ ture. Y v

p A CHARLES A. ROMADKA.

